The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-10-25
A CHAPLAIN AFLOAT !
BEING THE ACCOUNT OF THE CRUISE
OF H. D. MS SHIP OF WAR THE
pLuNDERBuss FROM PANAMA,
U. S. OF C. TO HONOLULU, H. 1.
Extracted IRON the Records Of the Archaic
Club



they sauntered along leisurely,
taking advantage of every cool and
shady spot that presented itself.
During the walk the streets afford
ed innumerable objects of interest,
the observation of which very ma
terially assisted in passing the time
away. The thoroughfares were
crowded, and besides q number of
very handsome and well appointed
equipages, they were continually in
danger of being run down by large
droves of donkeys, whose huge
covered loads Of fire wood so filled
the streets, that the drivers con-
tinual shouts of "cuidado" alone
saved the pedestrians from coming in
collision with them.
After walking for some time they
finally stood in front of the Public
Museum, a building of some con-
siderable architectural pretensions,
and most admirably adapted to its
purpose. On entering the building
the first room that attracted the
eyes attention was that which is
known as "Rulers Room" Here
are collections Of old paintings the
size of life, representing the Forty
five Viceroys who ruled Peru in the
name of the Spanish King, from
Pizarro to the time of the country's
independence. The Niceroys are
dressed in the various old Spanish
costumes, that mark the rise, pro-
gress and change of the fashions.
First the plain, sombre habiliments
of black with lofty well starched
ruffles. Then the change goes to
the rich and gaudy embroidery,
and continue until it developes into
the complete armor of steel and
gold. Then changing gradually
again, we find the tide of eXtraya-
giant embroidery ebbing until it
consists only of light bordering
around the extreme edges of the
vestment. This room was so re-
markably interesting that the party
fingered there for some time COM
menting upon the history of the men
as told by their faces. Here the
stern, warlike crafty and cruel
countenance of Pizarro stood boldly
out in contrast with that of the
weak, eliminate and lustful face as
represented in the picture next him.
Here is the gay, thoughtless,
courtier, of the Rochester stamp of
Statesman. The Chaplain here
referred to Lord Rochester, the
merry tool and amusement shaper
of the English Charles III. who
whore his peacock gegaw with an
easy grace and abandon. A little
farther down the row was a face
whose countenance was so murder
Gus and so utterly devoid of human
ity, that thrill of horror involun-
tarily ran through the blood. At
last they stood before one, whose
lofty expression and grace of
features stamped him as he really
was a Prince of the blood. The
face was purely Byronic in its deli
cate beauty; the pure, clear intel
lectual forehead, and the deep blue
eyes bespoke him as one fit to rule
men.
A touching little romance that led
to his coming to the then new world,
was told the party by the Courier
that had them in charge. This
Viceroy was the second son of the
then reigning sovereign, and having
wOoed and won the hand of the
beauteous daughter of an Anda-
lusian Prince, was married with a
pomp and show enough to insure a
dozen happinesses. But on the
morning after the marriage he
awoke from a sweet slumber, where
in Imagination had drawn the soft
est pictures of bliss, to find the
bride of day, lying besides him,
mangled corpse, the work of
jealous, unsuccessful rival for the
lady's hand. The grief of the
Prince was so deep rooted that
melancholy took possession of him,
and in order to rid him of this, the
King sent him to Peru as Viceroy,
thinking that time would assist him
to bury his grief amid the imperial
Andes. In few years he died,
however, prey to his sorrow. His
marriage song was his requiem.
Leaving the room with hearts
filed with pity for the unfortunate
gentlemen, they were conducted
into another room, whose touching
and melancholy sights soon banished
the thoughts of the lovers woe.
Under large glass cases, they saw
placed in either sitting or crouching
postures, mummies, in the same
state of preservation as when taken
from the ancient sepulchres. Their
legs were crossed and bent, the
arms were crossed with the elbows
resting upon the knees, while the
chin was supported upon the hands.
The mummies are those of the once
magnificent race of men, who under
the Incas so long ruled Peru. When
the Chaplain beheld them grinning
with their fieshless mouths and star
ing at him with their empty eye sock
cts be could not help but think, what
farcical mockery of life was here.